St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
September 20, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1981 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 5 0 1 0
Templeton ss 4 1 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 2 1 0
Hendrick cf 5 2 2 3
Porter c 3 0 0 0
Iorg rf 2 0 1 2
  Landrum ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 0 0 0
Roof lf 2 0 0 0
Sorensen p 3 0 0 0
  Bair p 1 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  DeLeon p 0 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 6 1 4 3
Howard rf 4 0 1 0
  Valentine ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 5 1 4 0
Kingman 1b 5 0 1 0
Mazzilli lf 5 0 1 0
Stearns c 5 1 3 1
Flynn 2b 5 2 2 1
Gardenhire ss 2 0 2 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 1 1
  Harris pr 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 0 0
Zachry p 1 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 1 1
  Taveras pr,ss 2 2 2 0
Totals 46 7 22 7
St. Louis 203 000 001680
New York 000 002 3027222
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sorensen   5.2 12 2 2 0 0
  Bair   1.0 3 3 3 0 1
  Kaat   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  DeLeon   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Sykes   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Littell   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Sutter  L (3-4) 0.2 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.2
22
7
7
0
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry   2.0 5 5 5 3 0
  Searage   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Marshall   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Allen  W (6-5) 2.0 1 1 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
8
5

  E–Wilson (4), Brooks (21).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Templeton (14,off Searage), New York Flynn 2 (10,off Sorensen,off Bair); Hodges (1,off Sorensen); Wilson (7,off Sorensen); Taveras (10,off Sutter).  3B–St. Louis Landrum (3,off Allen).  HR–St. Louis Hendrick (17,3rd inning off Zachry 2 on, 0 out), New York Wilson (3,9th inning off Sutter 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Landrum (5,off Orosco).  IBB–Roof (1,by Orosco).  SB–Herr (17,2nd base off Marshall/Stearns).  CS–Templeton (12,2nd base by Zachry/Stearns).  IBB–Orosco (2,Roof).  U-HP–Steve Fields, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:55.  A–13,337.
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